Marie-Caroline of Sicily

Marie-Caroline of Sicily (5 November 1798-17 April 1870) was the Duchess of Berry.

Biography
Marie-Caroline de Bourbon was the daughter of Francis I of Naples & Sicily and Maria Clementina of Austria, born in 1798 in Caserta, Italy. She was married to Charles Ferdinand d'Artois and thus became the Duchess of Berry, and when her husband was murdered in 1820 by a Bonapartist, she was the sole claimant to the Duchy of Berry. When her father in law Charles X of France was deposed in July 1830 she attempted to restore him to the throne, as the House of Orleans seized power from the House of Bourbon, her family (pre- and post-marital). In June 1832 she landed in southern France and attempted to rally supporters; when none came there, she headed to Brittany and Vendee, where she gained several royalist supporters. However, her rebellion was crushed by Jean-Baptiste Drouet and she was imprisoned. She died in exile in Styria in Austria-Hungary in 1870 after living most of her life in Italy.